Department Of The Treasury

Significant Regulation

RIN 1545-BJ60

February 15, 2012 - 77 FR 8725 - RIN: 0938-AQ74 - Download Full Notice: Text | PDF

These regulations finalize, without change, interim final regulations authorizing the exemption of group health plans and group health insurance coverage sponsored by certain religious employers from having to cover certain preventive health services under provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Agency Contact: Amy Turner or Beth Baum, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Department of Labor, at (202) 693-8335; Karen Levin, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, at (202) 622-6080; Robert Imes, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), at (410) 786-1565.

This rule is final.

Effective date. These final regulations are effective on April 16, 2012.


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